Ram and Fina
Shaking his head, Ram insisted, "You're not a horrible anything." He had no idea how you actually judged what a good or bad linguist was, but that didn't matter, he had utter faith in Fina to be good at whatever she set her mind to. Making a show of glancing around, Ram tried to determine whether there were any men nearby he'd class as distinctly 'beautiful' rather than hot. Crop-top guy had disappeared, and nobody else leaped immediately to mind. "But I'm the most beautiful man here," he said, pouting deliberately. "And I can't dance with myself." Well, he could, but he wasn't going to when there were so many other appealing options. "I do admire all the hot women, though," he promised, since the party had plenty of those. "No thinking about school," Ram agreed. "If you do, come find me and I'll make it stop, I'm good at that."
He hadn't meant to horrify her, and Ram did feel a little bit bad, but he couldn't help laughing. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. You know how my mind works. It jumps onto a new thing and I introduce it into the conversation like you've got an all access pass to my brain." He preened, pleased to think the vibes of his party were unique, even if at least some of that was down to Rick and Morwen. "I promise, I will never invite your mama to any party I also invite you to," he promised, ignoring the fact that this party had been open invitation on the forums.
"And I will do many things if it will entertain you, including show up to give your brother a gift basket. Unless you'd rather deliver it yourself?" Ram really could not imagine doing three more years of school, so he patted Fina's arm sympathetically. "All the more reason to squeeze in celebrations whenever there's an excuse. Otherwise we'll lose you to school forever, and we can't have that."